Literature Quotes

"To write is to risk being known completely."

"Words have the power to heal or to wound."

"We are made of stories; we are our narratives."

"We write to understand what we already know."

"Literature is the mirror of society."

"Literature preserves the human experience."

"Literature speaks across centuries."

"We write to taste life twice."

"The pen is mightier than the sword, but only when wielded by the right hand."

"A writer writes what the heart demands."

"Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads in them."

"A writer's concern should be authentic experience."

"Words have weight and deserve careful handling."

"To hold a pen is to be at war with the world."

"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life."

"Literature reflects society and can inspire it to be better."

"Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent it from deteriorating."

"The greatest poetry emerges from the deepest feeling."

"Books are mirrors; in them we see ourselves reflected."

"To write is to make a pact with truth, however uncomfortable."

"Literature is the mirror through which a civilization sees itself."

"One reads poetry with one's nerves."

"In the end, the writer is not asked to account for his vision but only for his mastery."

"The problem of being a poet is not a problem of form or technique alone."

"Poetry must resist the intelligence almost successfully."

"The theory of poetry is the life of poetry."

"The highest order of thinking is the thinking of the poet."

"Words are the only things that matter."

"The central poem is the poem of the mind in the act of finding."

"Literature is a mirror held up to society and human nature."